Table-top cover



May 13 1924. v 1,493,952

H. M. BIGLOW TABLE TOP COVER Filed March 3, 1923 j V V INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 13, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIETTE M. IBIGLOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TABLE-Tor covnn.

Application filed March 3, 1923. Serial No. 622,568.

able material, such, for instance, as imita tion leather, having decorative matter applied thereto, preferably by painting the same thereon in oils; said decorated sheet having an outer transparent coating of waterproof material, such, for instance, as

varnish.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. .1 represents in side elevation a folding table with my novel cover secured in position over the table top;

Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of the same, a portion of the decorated cover being broken away to show the table top and a portion of the outer, transparent, waterproof coating being broken away to show theil foundation sheet and decoration thereon: an

Fig. 3 represents a detail section on an enlarged scale taken in the plane of the line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

The table top is denoted by 1. Over this top is placed my novel decorated cover, which cover may be removably secured in position if so desired by the usual peripheral strips 2 and fastenings 3.

My cover comprises a sheet 4 of any suitable material as, for instance, oil cloth made to simulate leather.

I apply suitable decorative matter 5 to the exposed surface of the sheet 4, which decorative matter is preferably applied by palnting the same in oils on the sheet at the desi red locations, the color of the sheet serving as a suitable background for the decorative matter.

matter, if so des the game for whi use.

This decorative ired, may be applicable to ch the table is intended for ,An outer coating 6 of transparent waterproof material is applied to the decorated sheet 4, as, for instance, by painting a varnish thereon.

An attractive and durable table cover is thus produced, which cover may bear distinctive and ind ividual designs which are be resorted to in construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence, I do not wish to limit In self to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but

What I claim A washable cover for table tops comprising an oil-cloth sheet, decorative matter in oils painted thereon, and a protective, transparent, waterproof varnish coating for the decorated sheet.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 1st day of March, 1923.

HAR

RIETTE M. mellow. 

